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Dynamic Data Execution Prevention, which marks portions of a process's memory non-executable, to make it difficult to exploit memory corruption vulnerabilities
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“I have no idea why browsers insist on limiting where you can load non-executable XML from”
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It's not part of the program itself — it's an annotation, a piece of non-executable text in plain English.
Hans Reiser: Once a Linux Visionary, Now Accused of Murder 2007
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Yes, non-executable files can be applied to the SD card but that leaves alot of opportunity for “breakage” by the consumer.
Fever Pitch: It’s Droid Day, Enjoy The Moment. Michael Arrington 2005
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This is a lot of non-volatile non-executable memory to put in the camera.
Netvouz - new bookmarks thgood 2010
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Dynamic Data Execution Prevention, which marks portions of a process's memory non-executable, to make it difficult to exploit memory corruption vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu a good fix is to make the/home folder tree non-executable by default.
Ubuntu Forums Peter09 2010
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And inside a web browser (the most obvious thing to attack) the idea of "non-executable" is laughable.
LXer Linux News 2010
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It is the simplest and most straightforward method of handling static (non-executable) data, and has been part of large data best practices for as long as I can remember.
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And inside a web browser (the most obvious thing to attack) the idea of "non-executable" is laughable.
LXer Linux News Jonathan Corbet 2010
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